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About Hood Mal Village

Hood Mal is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 60 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.53 hectares hectares.

Hood Mal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hood Mal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 240.53 hectares
Population 107
Male Population 60
Female Population 47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 783
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hood Mal compares

By the 2011 count Hood Mal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 240.53 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Hood Mal

Hood Mal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hood Mal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hood Mal from other places

Hood Mal lies about 60 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Nidhani, about 13 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Hood Mal
Nearest railway station Nidhani 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 16 km
Nearest town Nainpur 25 km
District headquarters Seoni 60 km

Villages closest to Hood Mal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansaur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Hood Mal

As per the Census of India 2011, Hood Mal village had a population of 107. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Hood Mal village has 60 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hood Mal has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Hood Mal covers 240.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hood Mal falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Hood Mal is Nidhani, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Hood Mal.

Hood Mal is about 60 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hood Mal is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Nidhani is about 13 km away. Ghansaur is about 16 km away. Nainpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khapa (4.3 km), Siru Khapa (4.3 km) and Sarra (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Hood Mal today is likely to be higher.

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